SPEAK YOUR MIND ABOUT CHANGES TO LOCAL LEGAL SYSTEM
Have you ever considered what it would be like NOT to have any local representation on our judiciary or through our locally elected state...
COULD MONROE COUNTY LOSE ITS COURT SYSTEM?
A Republican Florida state legislator has asked the state’s judicial branch to consider consolidating the 20 circuit courts within the state.
While touted by Speaker...
CHARTER COUNTY CONVERSATIONS HIGHLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING NEEDS
Discussions among Monroe County officials over a potential transition to a charter county continued at a June 21 board of county commissioners meeting in...
WHAT’S A CHARTER COUNTY, AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS?
County commissioners are considering a big change to the way Monroe County governs itself. The five elected officials on May 17 started the conversation...
TALLAHASSEE TRIP DURING SESSION YIELDS SOME LOBBYING TIPS FOR KEYS RESIDENTS
On April 4, I joined 30 Floridians from around the Sunshine State in Tallahassee for Florida Healthy Beaches Day. The majority of us were...
LARGER & FASTER MEDICAL CHOPPERS TO BOOST TRAUMA STAR OPERATIONS
Speed, range and lift. That’s what three new air ambulances will provide to an area that averages close to 1,400 flights annually from the...
KEYS’ STATE LEGISLATORS SEEK $20M ANNUALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Legislators in the Florida House and Senate are beginning to file funding requests and proposed policy changes as a 60-day session in Tallahassee starts...
PROPERTY INSURANCE REFORMS PASSED BY FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DON’T INCLUDE RATE DROPS
Florida legislators passed an array of reforms to the state’s crumbling homeowner’s insurance industry during a special session in Tallahassee that began Dec. 12....
BY THE NUMBERS: KEYS WEEKLY’S 2022 ELECTION COVERAGE
Voters in Florida and the Keys kept their governor, their U.S. senator, their South Florida U.S. congressman and their Florida Keys state representative, all...
DESANTIS & CRIST TAKE AIM AT EACH OTHER IN FLA. GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
A handshake kicked off the only debate between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democrat Charlie Crist on Oct. 24 in Fort Pierce. After that,...
